A pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1785 : being the first after leap year, and the ninth of American independence. Calculated for the use of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, in latitude 42. 30. north. Longitude 69. 23. w. from London

A pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1785 : being the first after leap year, and the ninth of American independence. Calculated for the use of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, in latitude 42. 30. north. Longitude 69. 23. w. from London

Register for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Boston : Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet ..., [1784]

[24], 84 p. ; 14 cm. (12mo)

L2015F76 1784

(OCoLC)54213418

Caption title on p. 1: "A register for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."
Advertised in the Boston gazette, Nov. 15, 1784.
The almanac was probably calculated by Nathanael Low. The notes on eclipses are practically identical with those in his An astronomical diary or almanack for 1785, also published by Fleet.
"Massachusetts militia matters" (p. 46-51); "A brief account of General Washington, late Commander in chief of the American Army" & an advertisement for an edition of Steuben's Regulations by the publisher (p. 52); "The definitive treaty between Great Britain and the United States of America, sign'd at Paris, Sept. 3, 1783" (p. 53-58); "A comparative view of the lands ceded by Great Britain, according to the Peace of 1783" (p. 58); "Society of the Cincinnati" (p. 60-63), lists the general officers and the Massachusetts officers of the Society of the Cincinnati and publishes the text of the Institution (amended version).
"Alterations and additions": p. 82.
Digitized images available [treaty].

Evans 18469
Drake, M. Almanacs 3348

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